Introduction
Thank you for visiting our website. SQLNetHub is dedicated to providing the IT professional and technical community with high-quality technical articles on Database technologies, simple, yet powerful software tools and online services, and generally provide you with a rich learning experience on Database Systems via webcasts, podcasts, eBooks and more.
SQLNetHub (referred to as ‘we’, ‘us’, ‘our’, ‘SQLNetHub’ or the ‘our Website’) is committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data in an open and transparent manner. The personal data that we collect and process depends on the product or service requested and agreed in each case.
Please read this Privacy Policy before using the site or submitting any personal information.
This Privacy Policy:
- provides an overview of how SQLNetHub collects and processes your personal data and tells you about your rights under the local data protection law and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’),
- explains when and why we collect personal information about people who visit our website and how we use it,
- explains the conditions under which we may disclose this personal information to others and how we keep it secure.
We may change this Policy from time to time, so you are encouraged to review the Privacy Policy whenever you visit the site, to make sure that you understand how any personal information you provide will be used. By using our website, you are agreeing to be bound by this Policy.
Note: The privacy practices set forth in this Privacy Policy are for this web site only. If you link to other web sites, please review the Privacy Policies posted at those sites.
You can address to us any questions regarding SQLNetHub’s Privacy Policy via the Contact Section on our Website.
What Data We Collect
We collect personally identifiable information when voluntarily submitted by our visitors. The personal information we collect include your name, email address, profile photo/avatar (optional – during member registration), as well as any information you enter in different “comment” sections on our website. Moreover, for purposes of security and analytics, we also collect your IP address when you visit our website. Security and analytics logs, including IP addresses, are retained for 24 months or as long as necessary to monitor and improve our services, ensure website security, and comply with legal obligations.
We only collect personal data that is necessary for the specific purposes outlined in this policy, and we ensure that it is not used for any purpose beyond what is required to fulfill our services or legal obligations.
How We Use Your Data
We may use the personal information provided to us in order to:
- customize the service we provide to you,
- administrate or otherwise carry out our obligations in relation to any agreement you have with us,
- anticipate and resolve any problems with any goods or services supplied to you,
- send you our newsletter, where this is requested by you,
- send you information about our other products and services provided we have your consent for doing so,
- notify you of changes to our services as above,
- contact you back about any inquiry you may have made via our contact form.
MISUSE OF CONTACT INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
SQLNETHUB is committed to protecting the privacy and security of its users. However, we reserve the right to refuse or block communications that do not align with the nature of this website’s business or violate our policies. We will not respond to inquiries that fall outside the scope of services we provide, and any misuse of contact forms for unsolicited commercial messages will be dealt with appropriately.
By using SQLNetHub’s contact forms or communication channels, users agree not to engage in unsolicited commercial communications or other misuse. SQLNetHub reserves the right to refuse or block communications that violate our policies and to take further action if necessary.
Third-Parties and Their Sites
Certain SQLNetHub services, such as order handling and payment processing are offered in conjunction with our (third-party) business partners. In such cases, the personal data you submit, are hosted on our third-party business partners’ systems. Even though we choose our business partners carefully, we are not responsible for their privacy policies and practices or those of other sites that you access using links from our site. Therefore we recommend that you check the policy of each site you visit.
If you decide to purchase any of our digital goods (i.e. eBooks or Software), then you are transferred to FastSpring which is located to Santa Barbara, California. FastSpring is our third party digital commerce partner, who specializes in the secure processing of your order including the payment, processing of credit/debit transactions, and delivery of the digital goods you purchased. Any data you provide for purchasing SQLNetHub’s digital goods via FastSpring, are not collected by us, as they are entered directly on the respective FastSpring store/website, and therefore, everything is governed by FastSpring’s privacy policies and practices, data protection processes, and terms of service.
In addition, if you linked to our site from a third party site, we cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of the owners or operators of that third party site and recommend that you check the policy of that third party site and contact its owner or operator if you have any concerns or questions.
What are Your Data Protection Rights
SQLNetHub respects your rights to your data. You have the following rights in terms of your personal data we hold about you:
- the right to be informed,
- the right of access,
- the right to rectification,
- the right to erasure,
- the right to restrict processing,
- the right to data portability,
- the right to object,
- rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling.
SQLNetHub does not engage in automated decision-making or profiling that would have legal or significant effects on users.
For any requests regarding the above, you can contact us via the Contact Section on our Website.
How you can Access and Update your Information
The accuracy of your information is important to us. We are working on ways to make it easier for you to review and correct the information that we hold about you. In the meantime, if you change email address, or any of the other information we hold is inaccurate or out of date, please contact us via the Contact Section on our Website.
Also, if you have registered as a member on SQLNetHub, at any time you can delete your account (along with any of your data, i.e. comments, etc.) by selecting the “Delete Account” option from the “Members” menu on the upper right menu on our Website.
You have the right to ask for a copy of the information SQLNetHub holds about you. If you wish to have a copy of your data, you can send us a relevant request via the Contact Section on our Website.
Security Precautions in place to Protect the Loss, Misuse or Alteration of your Information
When you submit personal information on our website, we take all reasonable measures to protect your data from unlawful destruction, leakage, etc. For example, your communication with our website is private and encrypted with 128 Bit encryption on SSL.
Once we receive your information, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems. Where we have given (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our websites, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.
We also use firewalls, regular security audits, and access controls to ensure the protection of personal data.
Cookies
Like many other websites, SQLNetHub’s website uses cookies. ‘Cookies’ are small pieces of information sent by an organization to your computer and stored on your hard drive to allow that website to recognise you when you next visit. They collect statistical data about your browsing actions and patterns and do not identify you as an individual. For example, we use cookies for analytics purposes (i.e. to see how many users return back to our website), which helps us to identify popular content; for interaction with social media; and, where applicable, to allow users to log in to our site. This helps us to improve our website and deliver a better more personalized service.
We use analytics cookies to track website performance and gather aggregated statistical data (e.g., Google Analytics). We also use social media cookies to enable interaction with social media platforms directly from our site. You can adjust your cookie preferences using our consent banner or through your browser settings.
To opt-out of Google Analytics tracking across all websites, you can install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available here: Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
Upon visiting our site, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner where you can choose to accept or decline the use of non-essential cookies or adjust your preferences.
In addition to managing cookies through our consent banner, you can control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block cookies or be notified when they are being used. Please refer to your browser’s help section for detailed instructions.
Links to Other Websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement.
Marketing
SQLNetHub provides a newsletter service. Our newsletter contains news about new blog posts on our Website, as well as news about our products and services and other marketing material.
Receiving our newsletter is optional, and in order to receive it, you need to intentionally register and provide your explicit consent for receiving our marketing material.
We use MailerLite to manage our email marketing subscriber list and to send emails to our subscribers. MailerLite is a third-party provider, which may process your data using industry standard technologies to help us monitor and improve our newsletter.
MailerLite’s privacy policy is available at https://www.mailerlite.com/privacy-policy.
You have the right to withdraw your consent to receive marketing communications from SQLNetHub at any time by using the unsubscribe link in our emails or by contacting us via the Contact Section on our Website.
Right to Complain
If you want to complain on any issue relating to this Privacy Notice, please contact us via the Contact Section on our Website. We aim to respond in a reasonable amount of time (normally 30 days). We will manage your complaint and will give you additional information about how it will be handled. You also have the right to complain to the Office of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection. Find out on their website how to submit a complaint (http://www.dataprotection.gov.cy).
Retention Period
For Registered Members
If you have registered as a member on SQLNetHub, at any time you can delete your account (along with any of your data, i.e. comments, etc.) by selecting the “Delete Account” option from the “Members” menu on the upper right menu on our Website.
In an opposite case, your data will be stored until you select to delete your account.
For Non-Members
If you are not a registered member on SQLNetHub, your data (i.e. blog post comments) will be available until you request to erase it. In such case, you can send us a data erasure request via the Contact Section on our Website.
Review of this Policy
We keep this Policy under regular review. This Policy was last updated in October 2024.